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2003 Archives
Contents
December 2003
November 2003
October 2003
September 2003
- Windows of Opportunity: New facility not only offers great views, but enables researchers to develop energy efficient windows
- Investigating the Blackout: Lab Experts in the Spotlight
July 2003
- Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions
- Low-Swirl Combustion Clears the Air
- Industrial Innovations
June 2003
- Commercial Building Ventilation and Indoor Environmental Quality Web Site
- Berkeley Lab's Environmental Energy Technologies Division Wins 2003 World Technology Award for Energy
- Berkeley Lab's EETD Wins R&D 100 Award for EnergyPlus Software
- Simple Symbols that Save Energy
- Making America Energy-Efficient, Building by Building
May 2003
- Cool New Atomizers Make for Snug Seals in Commercial Ducts
- Berkeley Lab's Energy-Efficiency Partnership with China
April 2003
March 2003
February 2003
January 2003
December 2003
The Energized Learning Website
This web site is designed for middle and high school students, their teachers and their parents. Students use the web-based Home Energy Saver (a "virtual laboratory" for studying energy use and savings in the home) to conduct energy efficiency audits. HES in turn accesses a sophisticated computer model, called DOE-2, developed by scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The site includes lessons and activities that develop specific skills and knowledge students are expected to learn in science, mathematics, economics and social sciences and politics.
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November 2003
Internet-Based Control Systems for Building Energy Efficiency
Developing internet-based control systems to improve the energy efficiency of buildings is one of the key elements of the recently concluded High-Performance Commercial Buildings Systems (HPCBS) research program funded by the California Energy Commission.
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October 2003
Tuning-up Commercial Buildings for High Performance with Information Technology
Commercial buildings in California are beginning to use less energy, thanks to a major energy-efficiency research program based at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, recently completed.
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September 2003
Windows of Opportunity: New Facility Not Only Offers Great Views, But Enables Researchers to Develop Energy Efficient Windows
The Advanced Window Systems Test Facility was built to test new window technology that will increase energy savings and occupant comfort.
Investigating the Blackout: Lab Experts in the Spotlight
Within hours of the August 14 blackout, researchers throughout the U.S. in the Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions (CERTS) began mobilizing resources to help the U.S. Department of Energy find an answer. Among them is Berkeley Lab's Joe Eto of the Environmental Energy Technologies Division, who overnight became a much sought-after expert on the subject.
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July 2003
Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions
The Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions (CERTS) was formed in 1999 to research, develop, and disseminate new methods, tools, and technologies to protect and enhance the reliability of the U.S. electric power system and functioning of a competitive electricity market.
Low-Swirl Combustion Clears the Air
Within hours of the August 14 blackout, researchers throughout the U.S. in the Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions (CERTS) began mobilizing resources to help the U.S. Department of Energy find an answer. Among them is Berkeley Lab's Joe Eto of the Environmental Energy Technologies Division, who overnight became a much sought-after expert on the subject.
A unique type of clean-burning combustion technology called ultraclean, low-swirl combustion (UCLSC), developed by Berkeley Lab combustion researcher Robert Cheng, is now entering the marketplace after years of research and development. Burners using this technology produce 10 to 100 times lower emissions of nitrogen oxides than conventional burners, making it easier and more economical for industries to meet clean air requirements.
Industrial Innovations
Industrial research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory covers a wide spectrum of practical applications. Berkeley Lab researchers work closely with representatives from many industries to analyze and improve industrial processes.
Industrial Innovations web site
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June 2003
Commercial Building Ventilation and Indoor Environmental Quality Web Site
EETD's Indoor Environment Department has developed a new web site on commercial buildings, showcasing results of recent research concerning ventilation and indoor air quality. The audience for this web site is building managers, architects, and other building professionals.
Commercial Building Ventilation and Indoor Environmental Quality web site
Berkeley Lab's Environmental Energy Technologies Division Wins 2003 World Technology Award for Energy
The World Technology Network has announced that Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Environmental Energy Technologies Division has won the 2003 World Technology Award for Energy, in the corporate category. The awards honor individuals and corporations from 20 technology-related sectors selected by their peers as being the innovators doing work of the greatest likely long-term significance.
Berkeley Lab's EETD Wins R&D 100 Award for EnergyPlus Software
R&D Magazine has announced the winners of the 41st annual R&D 100 Awards, honoring the 100 most technologically significant new products of the year. One of the 2003 awards, which have been called the "Oscars of Invention," has gone to a technology developed by scientists at Berkeley Lab's EETD and their collaborators: the EnergyPlus Building Simulation Program.
Simple Symbols that Save Energy
Billions of dollars could be saved by improving the power management interface on computers, monitors, copiers, and other office equipment.
Making America Energy-Efficient, Building by Building
EETD works with America's communities through the Department of Energy's Rebuild America program.
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May 2003
Cool New Atomizers Make for Snug Seals in Commercial Ducts
Berkeley Lab researchers invent an aerosol duct sealing system to reduce energy loss in large commercial buildings.
Berkeley Lab's Energy-Efficiency Partnership with China
With the help of technical advice from EETD's China Energy Group, as well as experts from other institutions around the globe, energy efficiency is playing a larger role in China's energy plans.
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April 2003
New Sensor Web Site
A new web site describing Berkeley Lab's capabilities in the area of sensor technology development for industrial applications is now online.
Industrial Sensor Development web site
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March 2003
Sacramento Hotel Hosts Demonstration of Energy-Efficient Lighting Control System
EETD researchers are studying the energy savings of a new energy-efficient lighting control system to be installed at a DoubleTree Hotel in Sacramento, under an agreement just signed by Berkeley Lab, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), DoubleTree Hotels, and The Watt Stopper, Inc. The system was based on research performed by EETD scientists on improving hotel room energy efficiency, in collaboration with product development engineers at Watt Stopper.
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February 2003
Microgrids: reliable power in a small package
EETD scientists are helping to develop a new approach to power generation in which a cluster of small, on-site generators serves office buildings, industrial parks, and homes. Called a microgrid, the system could help shoulder the nation's growing thirst for electricity—estimated to jump by almost 400 gigawatts by 2025—without overburdening aging transmission lines or building the 1,000 new power plants required to meet this demand. And it may make statewide blackouts a thing of the past, or at least ensure that service to critical equipment is maintained.
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January 2003
Berkeley Lab Helps the City of Oakland
The California electricity crisis has receded from the headlines, but energy costs are still high in the state. So there was anticipation in the audience when Oakland's Mayor Jerry Brown announced the start of the Oakland Energy Partnership at a news conference on January 9, 2003. Developed with the help of EETD researchers, Quantum Consulting, and other experts, the new $6 million partnership has set up six programs to help Oakland businesses and residents become more energy-efficient.
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